Words Of Sympathy

July 11, 1985

TORONTO — ''I can sympathize with your quandary,'' Judge Lorenze DiCecco told Bonita Shandleman. He did more than that: He dismissed charges of performing an indecent act in public against Shandleman and Pasquale Valentini. They were in a car when they were arrested. Shandleman is a prostitute. ''You are practicing a lawful profession -- because Parliament has said it is legal -- but it is the only lawful profession in Canada that cannot legally be practiced in a normal place of business,'' DiCecco said.